Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-02-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.

-NIChcA 4lHuIuIuB TOuS dTc Sdlu 10 Dc
better than others. They will not rust
Herman Golding, OF Beverly, M,
has died from the effects OF hornets
sting.
"A proSpectOr Is reported to have
found nugget worth S62 at Big Creek,
Ore.
"A board of trade will shortly be
established in the city Of Chihuahua,
Mexico.
The bachelors at Lulo, Neb., have
a club, and they wear safety pins for
badges,
AT Calcutta warm-hearted mil
honaire has endowed a hospital for sick
animals.
1t is alleged that parties in Oregon
are canning dog salmon, which are
worthless.
Little bedpOst bells rung by elec-
triclty are now used TO waken sluggards
in Belgium.
Some New Workers are preparing
to establish coffee houses upon the model
of those in London.
The failure of CampanIni's voice is
said to be owing to his indulgence IN
whiskey and seltzer.
Thirty years ago New York had a
dozen milliOnaires; now it has 800 with
out close counting.
Peanut vines IN Kearney county,
Kan, are said to have yielded 80 bushels
to the acre this year.
1t is said that there are immense beds
of oysters at sea, off the coast of Dare
county, North Carolina.
-Claret drinkers will be glad to learn
that the vintage in France this year is
better than was anticipated.
Down in Kentucky brides dress
was described as ''bottle-cOlored green
SILK" and all understoon it.
Atlanta, Ga. prison authorities are
thinking OF using the whip on jail birds
WHO steadily refuse to work.
Enormous catches Of striped bass
are reported to have been made under
the ice at Barnegat Bay recently.
The letter sheet Is seen but little in
ordinary correspondence. About II, 900
are sold every day in New York.
An Oregon paper mill gets paper
stock and jute butts from Calcutta ror
the manufacture of MANILA paper.
1t IS said that sweet spirits of nItre
applien to poison blisters as a lotion, is
a quick and sure remedy for ivy poison
ing.
Foster, the Iowa weather prophet,
predicts a hot summer this year, and
advises ice men to harvest extra crops
this winter.
Cape CretOn has a native feet %
inches IN height with his boots Oh, and
Antigonish has citizen . feet 4 inches
in his socks.
Rheumatism has settled in the eyes
OF +. b. Moore, Secretary of State Of
Arkansas, and he Is threatened with
total blindness.
The average salary of school
teachers IN ST. Louis is S633.70. Only
25 receive $1,000. Of1I0l teachers, 1904
receive less than 5000 per year.
The German theatre at Moscow,
which was opened a few months ago
With great pOmp, has been closed ION
Of the Indifference of the public.
The Scotch shawl instead OF over
,oat, and the Highland cap and stream
rs make fashionable costume worn
" some New York society young men.
Quebec is to have a new hotel cost
ng $500. 1000. 1t is to be erected on
he sight of the old parliament building.
New York architect Is making the
lans
The ruling paSSiOn.-A convict In
ing Sing, IN. Y Prison has been dis
Overed carrying on a systematic theft
shirts from the laundry Of the lnsti-
ltiOn.
Josephine Befannie, an Italian
ootblack of Jersey City, has Just gons
} Italy IN first-class style with $4,000,
-hieh he is declared to have made by
inning shoes.
christopher Colder, an old man
no recently bought lot in the village
smetery at FreepOrt, L. l.. and built
house on it, has been declared dan
srOusly insane.
The st. Paul ice palace is PA feet
l94 feet in size, and the tower is 135
et high. An illustration shows it to
? of remarkably handsome architectu-
Il design, and to be surrounded by
Icilities for various outdoor sports.
1t Is said that the lazy Sultan Of
IOroceo has the most luxurious trlcycle
des IN the world. He sits cross-legged
pom an embossed couch, curtained and
lnopied with silk and silver and gold,
hile the machine is being propelled by
ave labor.
The Emperor of China's new throne
Shanghai is to have its foundation
Id pedestal made of gold bricks, and
le sub-prefect OF SoOchOw has sent 10
ekln 1000 pieces Of solid gold bricks,
the ordinary shape of clay bricks for
is purpose.
"A strclGny gypsy toll West Yg
mia farmer that if he would place S25
certain hollow stump and leave il
ere all night Il would be doubled in
e morning. The farmer tried it, and
ire enough he found $50 IN the stump.
hen the gypsy adviset the farmer to
1t all he had, 500 in the stump and
aw out S14OO in the morning. The
rmer took this advice, and somebody
Sc took the 500.
There are 100000 dead letters
ceived annually at the Dead Letter
flee. Three hundred thousand with
1t stamps, $4,000 partially addressed,
100 no address, 81, 500, 600 of money
ders and drafts of money value, 45,-
y packages containing property, Si0,-
" IN mOney-nine-tenths of which Is
turned, the balance remaining in the
reasury subject to application for four
ars; j, 900 photographs; $50, 900 Euro
an letters are returned unopened;
Ie-tenth of all letters received contain
operty; 900 applications or letters
ported lost, the great proportion found
d delivered.
Give plenty of green food now while
Q ground is frozen. Cabbages, onions
d steamed chopped hay are very good
r eliminating the fOuls apd yf will